Bøger af David Burnett

Ghosts of love assembleBorne on the clouds of storm.They bring to mind those we have loved, Who passing away or going astray, Have left us. Abandoned. Alone. Richard McNeil has loved three women in his life. He feels abandoned by all three. His wife passed away in childbirth, leaving him alone, a single father with an infant daughter. His daughter, Emily, now twenty years old, is leaving, marrying and moving away. Two months ago, Kim, his almost-fiancé, the only woman he has dated in over twenty years, left as they broke off their relationship. On the weekend of Emily's wedding, he is haunted by his memories. The day his wife passed away plays in his mind like a video. Stories of Emily's childhood leave him both smiling and wanting to cry. And worst of all, his recollections of meeting, dating, and falling in love with Kim almost seem real, as if he can stretch out his hand and touch her. No matter how hard he tries, he cannot understand what went wrong between the two of them, and, although he yearns for a reconciliation, he cannot dismiss the cruel things she said to him. His memories haunt him like ghosts, and he knows he will not be happy until they leave him be. He wants his future to be like his past, and he suspects, that it is he who holds on to his memories, not they to him. How can Richard release them? Perhaps, he finally can lay his wife to rest. Surely, he can mumble the words to give Emily away. But releasing Kim might mean giving up all hope of ever being together. How can he do that? If you enjoy heartwarming stories with true-to-life behaviors, complicated relationships, and a less-than-certain outcome, then you must read Ghosts of Love! One click this book today!

Running from vile rumors and merciless ridicule, thirteen-year-old Nicole Beaumont flees her home in Parsons Valley, Georgia. She leaves Chris behind, the boy who had been her best-friend-for-life, her soul mate, the one with whom she was supposed to spend her life, and she takes refuge at a boarding school in rural Pennsylvania. In the farming community in which she lived, almost any transgression could be tolerated, excused, or overlooked. Any transgression, save one that smacked of sex, and, according to rumor, that was exactly what she and Chris had done while lying on the bank of Parsons Pond. It was a lie, the worst part at any rate, but Chris̶ ̶ refused to deny the rumor. Never again, Nicole vows, will she trust another person as she had trusted Chris. Such vows can be difficult to keep, but Nicole perseveres. Then, she meets Richard. He seems different from the others. He accepts Nicole as she is. He keeps her secrets. When others doubt her, he stands in her defense. Nevertheless, even as they fall in love, the full story of what happened at Parsons Pond remains off-limits to him, and her memories of Chris, which tempt her, tugging her into the past, threaten to betray her, Chris re-enters her life in a most unexpected way, and Nicole finds herself emmeshed in a deadly game that pits Chris, the boy she once loved, against Richard, the man who loves her, now, a game from which only one will emerge unscathed. Nicole faces an impossible decision. Which will she choose? Who will live? House Beside the River is a romantic, true-to-life coming-of-age novel featuring a violent culture, a strong woman, and a sweet ending. Buy House Beside the River today!

Drew Nelson did not plan to talk with anyone that morning. He did not plan to make a new friend. He certainly did not plan to fall in love. He resisted all of Amy's attempts to draw him out- at the hotel, at the airport, on the airplane- giving hurried responses and burying his face in a pile of papers. It was only when the flight attendant offered coffee, and a muscle in Amy's back twitched as she reached for it, and the cup tipped, and the hot liquid puddled in Drew's lap that they began to talk. Earlier in the year, each had lost a spouse of over thirty years. Drew's wife had died of a brain tumor, Amy's husband when his small airplane nose-dived to earth, the engine at full throttle - an accident, it was ruled. They live in the same city. Both have grandchildren. They are about the same age. Consciously, or not, they both are looking to love again. But relationships do not exist in vacuums. Drew is wealthy, and Amy is middle class. Amy is "new" in town - she and her husband moved to Charleston twenty-five years ago - while Drew's family has lived there for three centuries. Drew lives below Broad, a code word for high society, old families, power, and money. Amy's home is across the river. Class warfare may be less violent than it was in the past, but when Drew invites Amy to the St Cecelia Ball, battle lines are drawn. In a city in which ancestry is important, the ball's membership is passed from father to son, and only those from the oldest families attend. Family, friends, co-workers all weigh in on their relationship and choose sides. Allies are found in unexpected places. Opposition comes from among those who were thought to be friends. Though they are gone, even their spouses - through things they have done and things they have said - wield influence in the conflict that follows. Amy begins to suspect that Drew is one of them, the rich snobs who despise her, while Drew concludes that Amy neither trusts him nor cares for him. As each questions the other's motives, their feelings for each other are tested, and Drew and Amy are challenged to consider if they truly want to fall in love again. 300 character teaser Drew did not plan to fall in love that morning. He did not plan to make a new friend. . He resisted all of Amy's attempts to draw him out. But when the flight attendant offered coffee, a muscle in Amy's back twitched, the cup tipped, and the hot liquid puddled in Drew's lap. Then they began to talk!

As the third daughter of a third daughter, dragon-shifter Christine Drachen must mate with a human. Not all human males can successfully mate with dragon-shifters, and suitable matches are uncommon. Christine, though, has identified James to be a potential mate. Since even humans who accept the existence of dragons would be terrified of one who can shift to human form, Christine must not fully reveal her true nature until James has fallen in love and has fully committed to mate. James gradually discovers who Christine is. Her last name, Drachen, means "dragon," and he admires the golden dragon that hangs from a chain around her neck. Prints, statues, and tapestries of dragons decorate her family's home. Strange noises emanate from behind the Drachens' house, and James believes he actually sees a dragon, one wearing a necklace like Christine's. Christine laughs as she tells him her entire family are dragons, but James suspects her words are more than a simple joke. Finally, he sees her shift. To protect the species from persecution, a dragon-shifter must silence any human who sees a shift. The rule is absolute, and the most practical method is generally death. But Christine has fallen in love with James. How can she protect her family without killing the boy she loves? If you enjoy stories of "boy-meets-girl," with high stakes, danger, a little humor, and an abundance of romance, then you'll love Dragon Mist. One-click it today!

It is the fear of separation from everything she loves that brings Allison Bannister to the beach. She stops on the steps that lead down to the ocean. She is alone. The sun is setting behind her; the tide is rushing in, and dark water is licking at the bottom step. Off to the north, the lights of Charleston shine into the evening sky. To the south, a star twinkles as darkness descends on the barrier islands. Light and dark; good and evil. Reconciliation is not in the cards. Allison shivers. How easy it would be to walk out into the ocean. Her winter clothes would take on water and weigh her down. When she went under, her body would turn cold, her lungs would fill with water, and all of her troubles would end. It all started with an invitation to Michael's high school reunion. "Reunions are fun!" Allison tells her husband, Michael, when the invitation to his thirtieth reunion arrives in the mail. "You see old friends, talk about old times . . ." "Talk to a bunch of fat, gray-haired people who I haven't seen in thirty years . . . A blast." Michael shakes his head, "Besides," he adds, "strange things happen at reunions." In spite of his reluctance, Allison surprises him with tickets. At the reunion, Michael does see his old friends. They do talk about old times. They watch a video, "Turn Back the Clock" - high school, 1979. As she meets his friends, listens to their stories, and watches the video, Allison discovers a Michael she does not know, a boy who was so very different from the "staid, serious attorney" to whom she is married. Michael does have a blast. "Wouldn't it be wonderful," he asks later in the evening, "if you could crawl through a worm hole and find yourself in high school, again?" Over the next few weeks, Allison attempts to cope with the strange things that happen as Michael "crawls though the worm hole," and morphs back into the person he was thirty years earlier. She rolls her eyes when he plays practical jokes. She shakes her head when he trains to run a marathon. Where is the man I married? Michael's desire to return to his youth sets in motion events which disrupt their lives and tear the couple apart. Michael spends long hours in his new art studio, alone. Allison feels rejected and begins to build a life of her own, a life that does not require Michael. Before long, Michael and Allison, a couple who seldom spent time apart, rarely spend time together. They both feel neglected, and each blames the other. A long separation, the unexpected appearance of Michael's college girl friend, an unplanned rendezvous, and a charge of adultery threaten to end their marriage forever - and Allison finds herself alone on the beach. The Reunion is a tale about how seemingly insignificant events can lead to a marriage on the brink, about the danger of staying silent when problems arise, and, above all, about the journey a couple in love takes as they attempt to obtain forgiveness, to avoid divorce, and to find themselves again.

Since breaking with her last boyfriend, Karen has refused to trust any man her age. For the past three years, she has not dated the same one twice, and only one in ten has received even a goodnight kiss as she turned him away. Karen is an artist. She follows her feelings, lives in a cluttered loft, and gushes over vivid sunsets. Mark still dreams about his almost-fiancée, and his date book has been empty since he threw her out a week before he'd planned to ask for her hand. His friends call him the "Ice Man," since he seldom smiles, especially at a woman. A math professor at the College, logic guides his behavior, he loves order, and an elegant proof is a thing of beauty. Both Karen and Mark have all but abandoned hope of ever falling in love, and, left on their own, these opposites would never attract. So, their mothers become matchmakers, entangling them in a series of dates by extracting promises that Karen and Mark will go out together three times, suggesting that, in the absence of love, a "marriage of convenience" is a live option.

As Heaven divides and Hell arises, angelic hearts will be broken . . . Devoted to one another, Adryel and Ramael must each choose a side in the brewing war over the creation of humanity: God desires to breathe life into his new creation, but Lucifer is intent upon sabotage. Ramael faithfully serves as second in command of the Army of Heaven; his loyalty never waivers. Adryel-swayed by Lucifer's arguments-casts her lot in with the rebelling archangel. Leaving Ramael and all else she holds dear, Adryel wages war with Lucifer and refuses to renounce him. Finding herself exiled to Hell, she furthers her efforts in support of the cause by tempting the newly created humans to embrace Lucifer's persuasion. Despite the battle lines, Adryel yearns to tell Ramael she loves him still. But how could he ever return her love when she has done more to thwart God's plans than all the other fallen angels combined?

Ten years had passed since they joined hands at the high altar of the old abbey church, ten years since they were handfasted, engaged to be married. It had been ten years in which Katherine had finished college, completed med school, and become a doctor. For ten years they had not seen each other, had not spoken, and had not written. It was what they had agreed. "I'll find you," Steven had told her. "In ten years, when we have finished school, when we are able to marry, I'll find you. Whenever you see a yellow rose, remember me - remember I love you." For a decade, she had been waiting, hoping, and praying. Today, on her birthday, a vase of yellow roses was waiting when she arrived home. Although the action occurs primarily in New York City, psychologically, the story is set in a small town in Virginia. Change came slowly to the rural South in the nineteen-seventies, and attitudes toward women were most resistant to change. Women were expected to be subservient to men, to have children, to keep house. A woman was to be above reproach, and any hint of scandal was met with censure, with ostracism, with shame. These attitudes threaten to destroy Katherine and her chance for the life for which she yearns. The Handfasting is a story of love: love renewed, a suitor spurned, a vicious attack, and a struggle for healing.

Jennie Bateman screamed at her daughters, cursed at her husband, packed a bag, and walked away. Twelve years later, she petitions the family court for visitation with her daughters, Alexis and Christa. Her attorney tells Jennie that, ordinarily, she could not imagine that some type of visitation would not be granted. But, she warns, the situation is hardly ordinary. True, Jennie suffered from a bipolar disorder when she began to drink heavily, abandoned her family, and moved in with another man. True, she has turned her life around: leaving her boyfriend, returning to school, entering therapy, taking medication, finding a job, and joining a church. But she pressed no claim for her children when her husband divorced her, and she has made no attempt to contact them in any way since then. Her daughters, now sixteen and fourteen, live four hundred miles away. They have busy lives that do not include her, lives that will be totally disrupted by the visitation that she requests. Their father is engaged to be married to a woman who has taken the role of their mother for a decade. Alexis remembers nothing good about Jennie. Christa recalls nothing at all. Conflict ensues as soon as Jennie's petition is served: her former husband does not want to share his children with the woman who deserted him; her children have no interest in knowing the mother who abandoned them, and her father insists that she is being timid and ought to demand full custody, not simply visitation. As court convenes, Jennie's past is dredged up- the desertion, the men, her drinking, her mental health - and paraded before the judge. Her claim to be a different person, now, is attacked. The judge hesitates to grant Jennie's request, but reluctantly agrees to order three trial visits. If persuading the judge to let her see her children was difficult, convincing them to allow her to be a part of their lives seems to be almost impossible. She struggles through two visits and is almost. What happens next tests her confidence in herself, her love for her children, and, ultimately, threatens her life, itself.

Jennie Bateman has fallen in love again with Thomas, her former husband, but Tasha, his daughter, is determined to destroy their relationship. Jennie destroyed their first marriage two decades earlier when, in the midst of a manic episode, she abandoned Thomas, choosing, instead, a life of shameless debauchery. Now, they have rekindled their love, but Tasha, Thomas's daughter, is determined to block any plans for a second wedding. After all, Tasha declares, Jennie's medicine won't work forever, and another manic episode surely lies in her future. When it erupts, it will ruin Thomas's life a second time. Shamed by Tasha and hoping to prove she is cured, Jennie ponders tossing her medication, but. she fears Tasha is correct - she will fail the test, and the demons of her disorder will rush back in. In Once and Future Wife, we follow Jennie as she goes a second round with her demons as they conspire to thwart her chance for a second marriage and to steal the love and happiness that seem to be within her grasp. A stand alone sequel to Those Children Are Ours, Once and Future Wife picks up four years after the first book ends. Each can be read and enjoyed alone.

Kids of all ages wonder, dream, and ponder the questions of life! Writer David Burnett has teamed up with illustrator Tad Hutchison to create the "I Wonder" Series featuring Davey Wavey."I Wonder What Lives Way UP There" is the first adventure in the series, in which Davey Wavey imagines what life is likein faraway places. Davey Wavey is all about stories that are fun and colorful in an entertaining format, while reinforcing a positive approach and universal values. Come and join the journey! Visit us at DaveyWavey.com

At a time when most Westerners fled the carnage in Iran, David Burnett was one of the few to stay and document the breathtakingly sudden fall of Shah Mohammad Reza Pahlavi in December 1978, and the chaotic political maneuvering that would culminate in the triumph of the Ayatollahs and the birth of the Islamic Republic.44 Days re-creates a coup that led to our long hostage crisis, President Jimmy Carter's political demise, and an enmity still blazing after thirty years. Burnett's vivid images of the dizzying events and emotions of that turbulent time illustrate his narrative of the monarchy's destruction, the last-ditch efforts to salvage a secular government, and the establishment of a hard-line regime dominated by religious leaders and the rule of Islamic law. Accompanying Burnett's account is a penetrating foreword by commentator Christiane Amanpour, herself Iranian-born, as well as an essay by celebrated New York Times reporter John Kifner, who shares his own experience of revolution in Iran and reflects upon its decades-long aftermath.Filled with powerful insights into the revolution and its pertinence today, this book is for history and current affairs buffs, photography lovers, and everyone interested in the clash of Islamic fundamentalism and the West.

A general introduction to the ideas, beliefs and conflicting visions that have shaped modern China.

On assignment in Jamaica for Time magazine in 1976, David Burnett photographed Bob Marley at his Tuff Gong home in Kingston, Jamaica, and then on the start of the seminal Exodus tour. Capturing the legend at an exceptional moment in time, Burnett’s work intersects with both the zenith of Marley’s career and the traumatic upheaval of his flight from Jamaica after an attempt on his life. For any reggae lover or music history buff, Bob Marley offers a matchless glimpse into the legend’s life at home.